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Monday, 14 March 2016

Nigerians complaining of hardship are PDP loyalists –Ngige

Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, says Nigerians who are
complaining of hardship in this present administration are PDP
loyalists. According to Ngige, this government which will be marking
it's first anniversary on May 29th, is working towards the betterment of
Nigerians. He said this in a recent interview with The Sun
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"I don’t know what you mean by hardship and those you call Nigerians.
Are they the federal civil servants getting their monthly salaries as
and when due? We don’t owe them, not even allowances and there is no
reason they should be unhappy with the APC govern­ment.
Are the okada riders among those complaining when they are making brisk
businesses or the gradu­ates we will soon address their problem of
unemploy­ment after the passage of the budget? Unemployment is the
harbinger of Boko Haramism, harbinger of IPO­Bism, OPCism and militancy
in the Niger Delta. It is a scourge and serious disease condition that
we must fight and that is why we are in this ministry and government. We
have job creation programmes under the supervision of the Vice
President and other inter-ministerial ones that will be rolled out very
soon. By the time we roll out, more funds will be put into the economy.
Let us warn that the funds are not for stealing. The only difference
between APC and PDP is the stealing of the lots of floating funds. Many
of the elite were grabbing these floating funds and they are the ones
protesting that they are not happy with the present government. Those
complaining especially the elite are members or loyalists of the PDP. We
are not bothered because we are going to continue with our
common-people’s programme and I want to assure that the tide will soon
change. So, we are waiting for the budget. Don’t forget that we are not
the ones that appropriate funds but the National Assembly. We have given
them budget, done some alterations and amendments as needs be in areas
where some people try to mutilate and we are waiting for now. Once they
approve the budget as proposed, we roll out our programmes"he said.